Ylöjärvi
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| State : |
 Finland
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| Landscape : | Pirkanmaa |
| Administrative community : | Tampere |
| Geographical location | 61 ° 33 ' N , 23 ° 36' E |
| Surface: | 1,324.10 km² |
| of which land area: | 1,115.48 km² |
| of which inland waterways: | 208.62 km² |
| Residents : | 32,983 (Dec. 31, 2018) |
| Population density : | 29.6 inhabitants / km² |
| Municipality number : | 980 |
| Language (s) : | Finnish |
| Website : | ylojarvi.fi |
Ylöjärvi [ ˈylœjærvi ] is a city in western Finland with 32,983 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018). It is located 14 km west of Tampere on the shore of Näsijärvi -Sees in the landscape Pirkanmaa . Ylöjärvi's neighboring cities and municipalities are Tampere in the east, Nokia in the southwest, Hämeenkyrö in the west, Ikaalinen in the northeast and Kuru in the northeast. The community is monolingual in Finnish .
Ylöjärvi Municipality has existed since 1869, and in 2004 it was promoted to town. In 2007, the neighboring community of Viljakkala was incorporated and in 2009 by Kuru . Although it officially has the status of a town, Ylöjärvi is rather rural and has no actual city center. The two largest settlements in the city are the parish village of Ylöjärvi and the village of Soppeenmäki, which are separated from each other by the railway from Tampere to Parkano . Other settlements in the urban area are Asuntila, Harhala, Hiiroinen, Ilmari, Inkula, Kaihari, Karhe, Keijärvi, Koivisto, Kuusisto, Kyöstilä, Lempiäniemi, Liimola, Metsäkylä, Mutala, Pengonpohja, Pinsiö, Pohjankylä, Särkivikala, Särkivik, , Viljakkala and Vuorentausta.
coat of arms
Description of the coat of arms : In the red shield there is a golden, overturned Göpel cross, over the middle of which a common golden cross hovers.
Town twinning
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Arvika , Sweden -
Kongsvinger , Norway -
Skive , Denmark -
Saku , Estonia -
Vyshny Volochok , Russia -
Balatonföldvár , Hungary
sons and daughters of the town
- Marko Asell (* 1970), member of parliament and silver medalist at the 1996 Olympic Games in wrestling
- Members of the rock group Eppu Normaali
- Volmari Iso-Hollo (1907–1969), track and field athlete and two-time Olympic champion
- Esa Keskinen (* 1965), ice hockey player
- Jooseppi Julius Mikkola (1866–1946), Slavist and linguist
- Tomi Pettinen (* 1977), ice hockey player
- Antti Tyrväinen (1933–2013), silver medalist at the 1960 Winter Olympics in biathlon
- Ari Vallin (* 1978), ice hockey player
- Pia Pensaari (* 1983), cyclist
- Linda Välimäki (* 1990), ice hockey player
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Maanmittauslaitos (Finnish land surveying office): Suomen pinta-alat kunnittain January 1, 2010 . (PDF; 199 kB)
- ↑ Statistical Office Finland: Table 11ra - Key figures on population by region, 1990-2018
- ↑ Kuru municipality: Kuru-Ylöjärvi kuntaliitospäätös ( Memento from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
